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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1911
Page
2
The piece marks Christy Mathewson as a thoughtful hurler whose success rests on brain as well as arm. He explains how mixing fast and slow balls and changing pace confounds batters, with Tinker and Cy Seymour cited as examples of outguessing.
Hal Chase of the Highlanders unveils a new tactic to steal third. He draws the catcher into a throw to second then sprints to third as the ball is relayed. He uses a long lead, feigns danger, and darts for third when the catcher’s arm returns. He repeated the play against the Athletics, beating Eddie Collins’ relay to Baker.
The Broadway Midgets edged Queen Anne Midgets 5 to 4 after thirteen innings to clinch the city Midget Association championship. Summit School defeated Seattle College 3 to 2 in a 12 inning thriller at the college grounds, with Gasman and Bagshaw delivering key moments.
Willie Hodge fifteen year old son of Sheriff Robi T Hodge stars at third base for York grammar school. His team faces a championship deciding game this week with the final set for either Wednesday or Saturday. Burke and Farrar defeated Highland View seventeen to one on Sunday. Grammar games listed for Wednesday include Interbay Fairview Ballard Longfellow versus Cascade Woodland Adams versus Warren. Wood Greenwood va Latona Day Park against Hay Lincoln West.
University Heights upset Lincoln Midget 4 to 3 in five innings. Queen Anne hosts Lincoln tonight. Loyal Heights fell 9 to 6 to Ballard Athletica at Ballard. B. F. Day school beat Interlake 3 to 1. Master Hartzell, captain of B. F. Day, calls out any team ages 11 to 14.
New York May 16. Champion boxer and racing driver Jack Johnson faces a police summons after a Broadway speed stop. An Illinois 1910 license tag was the only tag found on his car, but he was not arrested.
Champion Ad Wolgast arrived from Los Angeles and started training at the Seal Rock house for his 20 round match with Frankie Burns of Oakland on May 27. He is in pretty fair shape.
VANCOUVER The Giants lose 1 0 in a shutout for the sixth time in two weeks. An error by Raymond allowed Vancouver to score the lone run in the sixth as Adams reached third on a fence shot and crossed home. The Giants also left potential scoring chance in the seventh on a double play from Scharnweber to Brashear.
Portland downed Spokane by 7 to 6 as three Portland pitchers held the champs to six runs. Score by innings shows Spokane tallied early but Portland surged with a 20200030 run sequence to secure the win. Hatteries Bchwenk Kraft Willis and Hasty with Bloomfield Garrett Bradley in the mix.
In Tacoma yesterday the Tigers defeated the Victorians 6 to 4 as Annis allowed two hits, both by Million. Victoria had a poor string of hits while Tacoma capitalized with timely scoring and solid defense. Batteries: Brown and Dashwood for Victoria, Annis and Burns for Tacoma.
Indiana opens to ten round fights stirring talk of Li l Tham Langford meeting Carl Morris while Hogan’s early start draws comment. The piece notes Johnson jail remarks and references many pugilist family names amid a tense boxing scene with varied public reaction.
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